South_Wales_East_(Senedd_Cymru_electoral_region)
South Wales East (Senedd electoral region)
Electoral region of the Senedd
South Wales East (Welsh: Dwyrain De Cymru) is an electoral region of the Senedd, consisting of eight constituencies. The region elects 12 members, eight directly elected constituency members and four additional members. The electoral region was first used in 1999, when the National Assembly for Wales was created.
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| Senedd electoral region | |
|---|---|
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| Created 1999 | |
| Current representation | |
| Labour | 7 MSs |
| Conservative | 3 MSs |
| Plaid Cymru | 2 MSs |
| Constituencies 1. Blaenau Gwent 2. Caerphilly 3. Islwyn 4. Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney 5. Monmouth 6. Newport East 7. Newport West 8. Torfaen | |
| Preserved counties Gwent Mid Glamorgan (part) | |
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Each constituency elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post electoral system, and the region as a whole elects four additional or top-up Members of the Senedd, to create a degree of proportional representation. The additional member seats are allocated from closed lists by the D'Hondt method, with constituency results being taken into account in the allocation.
The region covers the whole of the preserved county of Gwent and part of the preserved county of Mid Glamorgan. The rest of Mid Glamorgan is mostly within the South Wales Central electoral region and partly within the South Wales West region.
The region is one of contrasts; it includes the city of Newport, along with the town of Caerphilly. It also takes in the working-class former iron town of Merthyr Tydfil, one of the most deprived towns in the UK, but also rural Monmouthshire, one of the most affluent parts of Wales.
The eight constituencies have the names and boundaries of constituencies of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster):
More information Constituency, 2021 result ...
| Constituency | 2021 result | Preserved counties | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blaenau Gwent | Alun Davies Labour |
Entirely within Gwent | |
| Caerphilly | Hefin David Labour |
Entirely within Gwent | |
| Islwyn | Rhianon Passmore Labour |
Entirely within Gwent | |
| Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Dawn Bowden Labour |
Partly Gwent partly Mid Glamorgan | |
| Monmouth | Peter Fox Conservative |
Entirely within Gwent | |
| Newport East | John Griffiths Labour & Co-operative |
Entirely within Gwent | |
| Newport West | Jayne Bryant Labour |
Entirely within Gwent | |
| Torfaen | Lynne Neagle Labour |
Entirely within Gwent | |
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Constituency AMs and MSs
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Regional list AMs and MSs
N.B. This table is for presentation purposes only
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| Term | Election | AM / MS | AM / MS | AM / MS | AM /MS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1999 | Phil Williams (PC) |
William Graham (Con) |
Jocelyn Davies (PC) |
Mike German (LD) | ||||
| 2nd | 2003 | Laura Anne Jones (Con) | |||||||
| 3rd | 2007 | Mohammad Asghar (PC) (later Con) | |||||||
| 2009 | |||||||||
| 2010 | Veronica German (LD) | ||||||||
| 4th | 2011 | Lindsay Whittle (PC) | |||||||
| 5th | 2016 | Mark Reckless (UKIP) (later Con, Ind, BREX) then Abolish |
David Rowlands (UKIP) BREX), then Indi[lower-alpha 2] |
Steffan Lewis (PC) | |||||
| 2017[lower-alpha 3] | |||||||||
| 2019[lower-alpha 4][lower-alpha 5] | Delyth Jewell[2] (PC) | ||||||||
| 2020[3][4] | Laura Anne Jones (Con) |
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| 6th | 2021 | Natasha Asghar (Con) |
Peredur Owen Griffiths (PC) | ||||||
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Main article: 2021 Senedd election
More information 2021 Senedd election, List ...
| 2021 Senedd election: South Wales East | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| List | Candidates | Votes | % | ± | |
| Labour | Helen Cunningham, Peter Jones, Mary Brocklesby, Majid Rahman | 85,988 | 41.4 |  3.1 | |
| Conservative | Laura Anne Jones, Natasha Asghar, Matthew Evans, Nick Evans, Gavin Chambers, Edward Dawson, Donna Gavin, Gareth Hughes | 52,323 | 25.2 | 8.0 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Delyth Jewell, Peredur Owen Griffiths, Lindsay Whittle, Rhys Mills, Jonathan lark, Ian Gwynne, Daniel Llewelyn | 30,530 | 14.7 |  0.6 | |
| Abolish | Mark Reckless, Richard Taylor, Stephen Jones, Michael Ford, Robert Steed, Hugh Hughes | 9,995 | 4.8 | 0.7 | |
| Green | Amelia Womack, Ian Chandler, Lauren James, Stephen Priestnall | 9,950 | 4.8 | 2.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jo Watkins, Veronica German, Oliver Townsend, Jeremy Becker | 7,045 | 3.4 | 0.1 | |
| UKIP | Neil Hamilton, Benjamin Walker, Thomas Harrison, Robert James | 4,101 | 2.0 | 15.8 | |
| Reform UK | James Wells, Kirsty Walmsley, David Rowlands, Colin Jones, Robert Beavis | 2,756 | 1.3 | 1.3 | |
| Gwlad | Calen Jones, Laurence Williams, Ryan Williams, Terry Beverton | 1,841 | 0.9 | 0.9 | |
| No More Lockdowns | Gruff Meredith, Mattie Ginsburg | 1,496 | 0.7 | 0.7 | |
| Propel | Kieran Gething, Anthony Nash, Celia Jones, Kristopher Ashley | 924 | 0.4 | 0.4 | |
| Communist | Robert Griffiths, Bob Davenport, Glenn Eynon, Irene Green | 606 | 0.3 |  0.0 | |
| TUSC | Mariam Kamish, Cammilla Mngaza, Melanie Benedict, Dave Reid | 362 | 0.2 | 0.1 | |
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More information Party, Constituency seats ...
| Party | Constituency seats |
List votes (vote %)[5] | D'Hondt entitlement |
Additional members elected |
Total members elected |
Deviation from D'Hondt entitlement | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 7 | 85,988 (41%) | 6 | 0 | 7 | +1 | |
| Conservative | 1 | 52,323 (25%) | 4 | 2 | 3 | -1 | |
| Plaid Cymru | 0 | 30,530 (15%) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Abolish | 0 | 9,995 (5%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Green | 0 | 9,950 (5%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 7,045 (3%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| UKIP | 0 | 4,101 (2%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Reform UK | 0 | 2,756 (1%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gwlad | 0 | 1,841 (1%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| No More Lockdowns | 0 | 1,496 (1%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Propel | 0 | 924 (0%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Communist | 0 | 606 (0%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| TUSC | 0 | 362 (0%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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Regional MSs elected 2021[5]
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| Party | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Plaid Cymru | Delyth Jewell | |
| Conservative | Laura Anne Jones | |
| Conservative | Natasha Asghar | |
| Plaid Cymru | Peredur Owen Griffiths | |
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2016 Welsh Assembly election additional members
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| Party | Constituency seats |
List votes (vote %) | D'Hondt entitlement |
Additional members elected |
Total members elected |
Deviation from D'Hondt entitlement | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 7 | 74,424 (38.3%) | 6 | 0 | 7 | +1 | |
| UKIP | 0 | 34,524 (17.8%) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Conservative | 1 | 33,318 (17.2%) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Plaid Cymru | 0 | 29,626 (15.3%) | 2 | 1 | 1 | -1 | |
| Abolish | 0 | 7,870 (4.1%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 6,784 (3.5%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Green | 0 | 4,831 (2.5%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Monster Raving Loony | 0 | 1,115 (0.6%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| TUSC | 0 | 618 (0.3%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Communist | 0 | 492 (0.2%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| National Front | 0 | 429 (0.2%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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Regional AMs elected 2016
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| Party | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| UKIP | Mark Reckless | |
| UKIP | David Rowlands | |
| Conservative | Mohammad Asghar | |
| Plaid Cymru | Steffan Lewis | |
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2011 Welsh Assembly election additional members
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| Party | Constituency seats |
List votes (vote %) | D'Hondt entitlement |
Additional members elected |
Total members elected |
Deviation from D'Hondt entitlement | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 7 | 82,699 (45.7%) | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Conservative | 1 | 35,459 (19.6%) | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| Plaid Cymru | 0 | 21,851 (12.1%) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 10,798 (6.0%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| UKIP | 0 | 9,526 (5.3%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| BNP | 0 | 6,485 (3.6%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Green | 0 | 4,857 (2.7%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Socialist Labour | 0 | 4,427 (2.4%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Welsh Christian | 0 | 2,441 (1.3%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| English Democrat | 0 | 1,904 (1.1%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Communist | 0 | 578 (0.3%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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Regional AMs elected 2011
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| Party | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Mohammad Asghar | |
| Conservative | William Graham | |
| Plaid Cymru | Jocelyn Davies | |
| Plaid Cymru | Lindsay Whittle | |
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2007 Welsh Assembly election additional members[6]
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| Party | Constituency seats |
List votes (vote %) | D'Hondt entitlement |
Additional members elected |
Total members elected |
Deviation from D'Hondt entitlement | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 6 | 67,998 (35.8%) | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Conservative | 1 | 37,935 (20.0%) | 3 | 1 | 2 | −1 | |
| Plaid Cymru | 0 | 25,915 (13.6%) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 20,947 (11.0%) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| BNP | 0 | 8,940 (4.7%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| UKIP | 0 | 8,725 (4.6%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Green | 0 | 5,414 (2.8%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independent | 1 | 4,876 (2.6%) | 0 | 0 | 1 | +1 | |
| Socialist Labour | 0 | 3,694 (1.9%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Welsh Christian | 0 | 2,498 (1.3%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| English Democrat | 0 | 1,655 (0.9%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Communist | 0 | 979 (0.5%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| CPA | 0 | 489 (0.3%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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On 8 December 2009, Mohammad Asghar, Plaid Cymru's list member for South Wales East, defected to the Conservative Party. This gave Plaid one AM, and the Conservatives two.[7]
2003 Welsh Assembly additional members[8]
More information Party, Constituency seats ...
| Party | Constituency seats |
List votes (vote %) | D'Hondt entitlement |
Additional members elected |
Total members elected |
Deviation from D'Hondt entitlement | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 7 | 76,522 (45.08%) | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Conservative | 1 | 34,231 (20.17%) | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| Plaid Cymru | 0 | 21,384 (12.60%) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 17,661 (10.41%) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| UKIP | 0 | 5,949 (3.50%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Green | 0 | 5,291 (3.12%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Socialist Labour | 0 | 3,695 (2.18%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| BNP | 0 | 3,210 (1.89%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cymru Annibynnol | 0 | 1,226 (0.72%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| ProLife Alliance | 0 | 562 (0.33%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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1999 Welsh Assembly additional members[8]
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| Party | Constituency seats |
List votes (vote %) | D'Hondt entitlement |
Additional members elected |
Total members elected |
Deviation from D'Hondt entitlement | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 6 | 83,953 (41.45%) | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Plaid Cymru | 1 | 49,139 (24.26%) | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| Conservative | 1 | 33,947 (16.76%) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 24,757 (12.22%) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Socialist Labour | 0 | 4,879 (2.41%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Green | 0 | 4,055 (2.00%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Socialist Alliance | 0 | 903 (0.45%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Natural Law | 0 | 898 (0.44%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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- In 2005 Peter Law left the Labour Party in a row over candidate selection in Blaenau Gwent for that year's UK general election.
- Steffan Lewis died on 11 January 2019 and was replaced five days later by Delyth Jewell, the next Plaid Cymru candidate on the list.[1]
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- "New AM following death of Steffan Lewis". BBC News. 16 January 2019. Archived from the original on 10 May 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- "Welsh Conservative MS Mohammad Asghar has died aged 74". Western Mail. 16 June 2020. Archived from the original on 16 June 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- "Laura Anne Jones confirmed as Member of the Senedd for South Wales East". Welsh Parliament. Archived from the original on 3 July 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
- "Senedd Cymru Election Result - South Wales East Region" (PDF). Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- "BBC NEWS | Politics | Vote 2007". news.bbc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2007.
- "Plaid AM defects to Conservatives". BBC News. 8 December 2009. Archived from the original on 2 May 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
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